Trump causes confusion by sharing meme calling Jan 6 a ‘government staged riot’ even though he was in power - eviltoast
Trump confuses by sharing meme blaming government for Jan 6 despite holding office
www.independent.co.uk
Former president was informed by special counsel that he is a target in federal Jan 6 investigation

The meme has been liked nearly 9,000 times and shared 2,400 times as of Monday. In reaction to Mr Trump’s repost, journalist Aaron Rupar sarcastically wrote on Twitter: “rubbing my last 2 brain cells together as I try to remember who ran the government on January 6.”

The former president shared the meme despite a House committee that investigated January 6 declaring Mr Trump the “central cause” of the day’s events. “None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him,” the House panel wrote in its final report.

    • Steeve@lemmy.ca
      20·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t want to jail either personally, that’s actually most of the reason why I don’t start insurrections

      • orbitz@lemmy.ca
        9·
        1 year ago

        Same here, many other things I don’t do:

        • withhold congress assigned funds to blackmail a foreign country for personal gain
        • Steal protective gear from states during a pandemic
        • Commit tax fraud (this is the condensed version)
        • Rape women
        • Rape underage girls
        • Try and extort/convince states to change a fair election
        • Not illegal usually, but not lie like you’re trying to win a high score with your heartbeats
        • Teargas protesters so you can get a photo op in front of a church

        Like you need an asterisk now when you tell kids they could grow up to be US President. I know there’s tons more.

    • Bryan Elliott@programming.dev
      2·
      1 year ago

      Really? Then why say, out loud, that during the time you were in charge of the government, that the government staged a riot?

      I mean, that’s a confession, right? Does he realize it’s a confession?

    • cultsuperstar@lemmy.mlB
      1·
      1 year ago

      He won’t go to jail. At best he’ll be banned from running for president, but that won’t happen. At worst he’ll be president again. Either way, the justice system is in his favor with this judge.

      • SocializedHermit@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        He has three sets of charges coming total for now. “Honorable” Aileen Cannon is just one judge in his pocket for one set of charges. Other judges won’t be bought or threatened into letting him slither away.